Nếu sau các phụ âm vòm hóa thuộc cột i như trên là các nguyên âm a 「あ」 u 「う」 o 「お」 thì theo phép chính tả các chữ này sẽ biến thành 「ゃ」「ゅ」「ょ」 trong bảng kana và được viết như 「きゃ」「きゅ」「きょ」,「みゃ」「みゅ」「みょ」. Nếu sau nó là nguyên âm 「え」 thì viết thành 「ぇ」 trong bảng kana ví dụ như 「きぇ」, nhưng với những từ mượn thì không có áp dụng theo cách trên | .J. 164 mai 2 She probably won t do such a thing. 3 Such an opportunity probably won t recur lit. come again . 3. Vinf-nonpast mai expresses the speaker s negative volition. Like Vvol mai does not have a past form. The past tense is expressed by other j verbs as in 4 - 5 . 4 -U iíỉ 9iT cf. Ex. a I decided lit. thought that I would not go to Kiyoshi s parties 1 anymore. 1 5 ị cf. KS A I I am determined not to ask any more favors of Hashimoto. I yõ to omou DBJG 569-7ì I Mg _ . srtB 4. The volition of someone other than the speaker can be expressed by mai as in 6 . I 6 díĩ Si tfcfc. Keiko decided lit. thought that she would not go to Kiyoshi s d parties any more. 1 Note that to omou think that is used to express the volition of some- d one other than the speaker. Thus 7 expresses the speaker s conjecture I rather than Keiko s volition. Ỉ X 7 91t Sl o Keiko probably won t go to Kiyoshi s parties any more. i . . . 1 5. Vinf- nonpast mai to suru expresses the idea of try not to V. He tried to take my bag but I held it tightly under my arm trying to keep it from being taken. m ru DBJG 246-47 mai I masaka 165 When this structure is used in a subordinate clause suru is often omitted as in 9 . 9 I hung in there trying not to lose the game . 6. Vvol ka Vinf-nonpast mai ka expresses the idea whether I will V or not as in Ex. b . 7. When mai expresses the speaker s conjecture its meaning is similar to nai dam. Mai however is more formal. . 8. Because mai is seldom used in conversational Japanese ja the coni traded form of de wa aru mai rarely occurs. masaka ẳ ẻ A adv. I k1 yKey Sentences I A incredible never thought never dreamed surely not impossible don t tell me that not at all likely absolutely not REL. yomoya I never dreamed that Michiko would marry that kind of a guy. II 166 masaka B . . . . b _ At i - too Don t tell me that you forgot my birthday C iTíi v -C-tio Surely he won t show up on such a cold day D 0 liỉ -ỉ Ỉ V o Lately I haven t heard from my father but God .
